After much arm twisting Richard talked me into a night flight. It was dark and scary, but thanks to some excellent work from our spotters we'll live to fly again.
http://youtu.be/nKmSK1Y3K6g (http://youtu.be/nKmSK1Y3K6g)
Nice one Wayne. Night flying is hard work isn't it!
It's interesting to see that you couldn't understand why you couldn't see the clubhouse lights because you were so high. Had that been day time, you would of had a clearer head and you would of worked it out.
A bit more practise and you'll be fine, it will be more normal, rather than an abnormal night flight.
Loved the comment about your location, your by the road..... ha!
"you're heading over there...."
"when you say 'over there' ....?"
Classic FPV + spotter moment :laugh:
My wife does that which is why I just fly by myself.
"Where am I going?" "That way" "Which way" "Over there, away from us" "which direction?" "going away from us"
NGGHHH!! (?)
Yep - being high of course means the angle the see the lights is too much, but already out of my comfort zone I'm easily spooked by anything, you should have seen me a few meets ago when the wind on the plane meant my home arrow was literally going in circles and I just couldn't work out where I was.
Steve you are right about trusting in your OSD, but the confidence was knocked in this when Stef called that we were right over head when both our OSD's were reading about 180m. In retrospect I think it was probably the case of a high plane looking like it was overhead when it was still some way out. It's all very obvious and stuff now we're back on the ground :)
Hopefully it's a case of getting a few more under my belt, and being able to think a bit more calmly and rationally as time goes on.
Well, for what it's worth I think you did really well - you certainly didn't sound stressed, or agitated... probably why it was successful tbh.
I still maintain you're better at this FPV lark than you let on :)
Any chance of a parts list for that lens etc? I have tried flying the TBS Disco in pitch black and that has the benefit of holding position, but I still couldn't get my confidence up - having said that, there were precisely zero lights in 270 degrees around me which made things tricky.
Very impressive video! Not up to night flying yet but it is surly something to work up to ;D
Ah what fun. Interesting you placed so much emphasis on your spotters and the LEDs. I think I will make a night rig and have some fun with it.
What osd are you using? And what's the capacity of your battery? I'm assuming it's not a 2200 :D
Yeah Steve is right, you are better than you think you are.
Having more street lights around will help too.
Stick at it!
Enjoyed that :) You coped very well throughout Wayne. Its very scary stuff, especially trees that jump out on you that you cant even see, thank god Neil twigged :)
Quote from: Steve W on May 27, 2015, 09:34:14 PM
Well, for what it's worth I think you did really well - you certainly didn't sound stressed, or agitated... probably why it was successful tbh.
I still maintain you're better at this FPV lark than you let on :)
Any chance of a parts list for that lens etc? I have tried flying the TBS Disco in pitch black and that has the benefit of holding position, but I still couldn't get my confidence up - having said that, there were precisely zero lights in 270 degrees around me which made things tricky.
Steve this is the lens : PL0075 Low Illumination Lens from Security Camera 2000. It's F1.2 and 2.44mm. http://www.securitycamera2000.com/products/Low-Illumination-CCTV-Security-Camera-Lens-F1.2-4mm.html (http://www.securitycamera2000.com/products/Low-Illumination-CCTV-Security-Camera-Lens-F1.2-4mm.html)
Quote from: Billy_boy_2010 on May 27, 2015, 10:07:06 PM
Ah what fun. Interesting you placed so much emphasis on your spotters and the LEDs. I think I will make a night rig and have some fun with it.
What osd are you using? And what's the capacity of your battery? I'm assuming it's not a 2200 :D
Yeah - well much of the time if you are in an area you know in normal conditions, then I'd say spotters are alway useful, but not required. If I'm doing something new or different, or indeed can't see where I'm going, they become very important.
The OSD is a Storm AP, it's got a 2560mah lipo in it, I'd set the range of the battery you see flashing to be 1900mah which is what I might get from a 2200, but the current sensor will not be tamed, and is more just pretty numbers going by. The voltage is right and I can trust that, along with knowing pretty well how long the Bix will stay in the air.
That was a treat to watch over my breakfast this morning-cheer's!
Night flying has always intrigued me and that was an excellent lesson to watch and learn from.
Your narration was really informative and calm too.
Brilliant-hope there's more to come guy's :D